All Stories from March 16, 2009 (Change date)
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Hundreds plead with U-46 board to consider human side of layoffsMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds of Elgin Area School District U-46 employees turned out Monday night to implore the board to see the human side of the layoffs it was considering. Less than a w...
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Winfield president candidates oppose vehicle sticker planMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Winfield village president candidates are voicing opposition to plans to reinstate a vehicle sticker program. Instead, they want the village to explore other ways to rai...
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Health care overhaul may cost about $1.5 trillionMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Guaranteeing health insurance for all Americans may cost about $1.5 trillion over the next decade, health policy experts say. That's more than double the $...
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Stolen-data trove offers look inside a botnetMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves. Victims don...
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Local businesses see hope, skepticism in Obama plannMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Many suburban small business owners are hopeful and somewhat skeptical about President Barack Obama's efforts to rescue lending within the local economy. The Obama admin...
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Nokia to lay off 1,700 worldwideMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - HELSINKI -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 1,700 people worldwide to cut costs, as the global economic downturn strikes deeper into the mobile phone sector. Th...
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Healthy Contreras could mean big things for SoxMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Kenny Williams is usually ahead of the curve. So the White Sox GM must have known something in January when he said he was "curious'' to see how Jose Contreras would res...
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Caterpillar laying off 815 in AuroraMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Caterpillar announced Tuesday that 665 production workers and 150 support and management employees will lose their jobs at the Aurora facility beginning in early June. ...
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Cops: Family chases off suspected home invaderMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin police arrested a 35-year-old man early Monday on allegations he forced his way into a home on the 300 block of Yarwood Street and tried to pull an 18-year-old ex-...
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Stimulus plan: Spend now, details later (promise)Mar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama wants governors to hurry up and begin building bridges and schools to revive the economy. His administration is learning that spendi...